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^ There were going to be two selections I knew I was going to have a hard time accepting even before I tuned in...

One was the choice of Darryl Strawberry as the Mets' all-time greatest right fielder. A .240 hitter who hit most of his home runs in situations when they didn't matter, who played the laziest outfield you ever saw, and was a clueless baserunner. The best right fielder we ever had, over Rusty Staub? Someone in the production room was taking serious amounts of hard drugs.

And the other was Davey Johnson as the Mets' greatest manager. Sorry; no dice. Johnson presided over a period of prosperity. Anyone would've racked up a winning record with the teams he managed. The best manager the Mets ever had was Gil Hodges. (And the best manager we've had in the 40 years since he died has been Terry Collins!)

^ There were going to be two selections I knew I was going to have a hard time accepting even before I tuned in...

One was the choice of Darryl Strawberry as the Mets' all-time greatest right fielder. A .240 hitter who hit most of his home runs in situations when they didn't matter, who played the laziest outfield you ever saw, and was a clueless baserunner. The best right fielder we ever had, over Rusty Staub? Someone in the production room was taking serious amounts of hard drugs.

And the other was Davey Johnson as the Mets' greatest manager. Sorry; no dice. Johnson presided over a period of prosperity. Anyone would've racked up a winning record with the teams he managed. The best manager the Mets ever had was Gil Hodges. (And the best manager we've had in the 40 years since he died has been Terry Collins!)

Other than that, I enjoyed the show quite a bit.

I'd go Hodges, Valentine, Collins, Berra, than Johnson.

Velentine took a team to the WS which had an at best D+ offensive outfield.

Not been. Good start, need at least 2 wins out of the Nationals series to get things going in my opinion

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